Question

I bet the butcher that he couldn’t reach the meat on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet because the steaks were too high.

What kind of figurative language is this ?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Idiom
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Allusion
Pun
Assonance
Synecdoche
Irony

Answer 1

This is an example of an idiom.

An idiom that has a different meaning than what it sounds like.

It doesn’t actually mean that the steak is high. “The steaks were too high” simply means that it’s too dangerous/risky.


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